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Ten years ago China was worried about race based genetic bioweapons -- Hello Biotech Cold War?

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What would a New Biotech Cold War look like, and does it look like this?

China was spelling out some toe-curling recipes: warning that new biotech could pump up the virulence of infectious agents; it could neutralize antibiotics and vaccines, or potentially make the "target" population more vulnerable by disabling specific genes. Theoretically, adversaries could add genetic material covertly. How about some involuntary "Gene Therapy"coming to an airconditioning system near you?

But hey, they were just speculating right?

Funnily enough, a guy called Miles Yu was working for Mike Pompeo, advising him on China, and he raised the existence of the Chinese submission with the US State Department last December. Pompeo ordered an investigation, but they couldn't find a copy of China's original submission at the time (it's only a global UN convention, yeah?).


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